Vehicle-pole.



No. 762,119. PATENTED JUNE 7, 1904.

J. E. BEEBE.

VEHICLE POLE.

APPLIOATION FILED 0019, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented June '7, 1904.

JOSEPH E. BEEBE, OF HARLAN, IOWA.

VEHICLE-POLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 762,119, dated June '7, 1904,

Application filed October 9, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH E. BEEBE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harlan, in the county of Shelby and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Poles, of which the following is a specification.

The purpose of this invention is to improve the general construction of poles or tongues specially designed for vehicles, whereby they are rendered more desirable, the strain and weight equalized, and the parts connected by coupling prevented from casual separation.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent and suggest themselves to those skilled in the art as the details of the invention are comprehended, and to this end reference is to be had to the drawings hereto attached and to the following description.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pole embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the inner end of the pole, showing the hounds and braces on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is a section on the line XX of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 1 is a sectional detail on the line Y Y of Fig. 2.

Corresponding and likeparts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The pole or tongue 1 may be of any design 1 or construction, according to the pattern and style of vehicle for which it is intended.

The doubletree is composed of companion rods or bars 17 and 18, arrangedthe one above and the other below the pole or tongue 1 and connected thereto by the bolt or pivot fastening 19. Washers 20 are interposed between ends of the elements 17 and 18.

The hounds 24;, secured to the inner end of the pole, are oppositely curved and terminate in eyes or sleeves 2 for reception of the bolts or pins by means of which connection is had between saidhounds and the clips applied to the front axle. The hounds form approximately a semicircle and are provided at their inner ends with bars 25, which are pierced to receive the bolts or fastenings by means of which the hounds are clamped against opposite sides of the pole. The braces 26 are connected at their outer rear ends to the hounds 24l'and at their forward ends to opposite sides of the pole or tongue, preferably by the same fastenings or bolts (4 which pass transversely through registering openings of the pole and front ends of the braces.

The lower bar 18 is wider than the upper bar 17 and is composed of complementary members connected at their ends and at an intermediate point, said connecting-points being vertically apertured for reception of the bolts 23 and 19. The members or component parts of the bar 18 are oppositely deflected at an intermediate point and are outwardly converged to form, in effect, trusses which mutually brace each other. The strap 21 spans the bar 18, and its end portions are secured to the pole 1 at either side of said bar, thereby strengthening and bracing the bolt 19 at its lower end.

The transverse fastenings a are located upon opposite sides of the vertical bolt 19, hence serve to transmit longitudinal strain upon the pole to the braces and hounds, especially so when the bolt 19 is under strain either in a forward or backward direction.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is In combination, apole, abar arranged above the pole and supported thereby, a companion bars and pivotally securing the 'swingletrees IO bar arranged beneath the pole and composed thereto, substantially as specified.

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means connecting said bars to each other and JOSEPH BEEBE' to the pole, swingletrees arranged between Witnesses:

the outer ends of the upper and lower bars, IRA B. OvERHoL'r,

and means connecting the outer ends of said W. P. KELLOGG. 

